Antiglare device



Patented July 26, 1938 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to antiglare devices and more particularly to antiglare devices used in connection with automobile windshields.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide an antiglare device attachable to the windshield of an automobile and equipped with means for adjusting the frame having the antiglare material secured therein to positions below the line of vision.

l0 Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the above described character wherein the device is capable of being adjusted to a fixed position when not in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claim and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation illustrating a section of a windshield having my invention secured thereto.

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are sectional views taken on the lines 2--2, 3-3 and 4-4 of Figure 1 respectively.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets, arms, shafts and corelated parts.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional View illustrating a modied form of shaft.

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on a line 1--1` of Figure 6.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets, frame members, and shafts of the modified form illustrated in Figure 6.

Fig. 9 is a detail sectional View ofthe frame construction.

In the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figures l to 5 inclusive there is illustrated a section of a windshield Il] forming part of a motor vehicle body of ordinary construction. Secured to the upper rail of the windshield is a pair of spaced brackets Il for supporting therebetween a pair of arms I2 connected to a frame I3 having a panel of antiglare material I4 secured therein. The upper ends of the arms I2 are formed with enlarged sections I5 having hexagonal-shaped openings IE formed therethrough registering with similar shaped openings I1 50 formed in the brackets I I.

HeXagonal-shaped -shafts I8 having finger pieces I9 extend through said apertures and are maintained therein by means of pins |90. inserted through holes 20 formed in the shafts. The pins 55 I9a are connected to the arms I2 by means of chains 20a, to prevent loss thereof when the device is being adjusted.

The arms I2 are formed with pairs of longitudinally extending slots 2l for receiving therethrough thumb bolts 22 threaded into the side 5 rails of the frame I3.

Obviously, by manipulation of the thumb bolts 22 the frame I3 may be lengthwise adjusted between the arms I2 to permit a person to view the line of travel of the automobile to which the 10 windshield is attached above the upper horizontal end of the frame I3 or through the transparent material I4, as the case may be.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, the pins IBa are formed with resilient leg sections normally spaced rela- 15 tive to each other to prevent the pins from becoming accidentally disengaged from the shafts. The leg sections may be pressed together to permit removal from or insertion in the shafts.

When it is desired not to use the device over an 20 extended period of time, for instance in the daytime, the shafts I8 may be removed and the arms including the frame adjusted to a position adjacent the roof of the automobile as clearly illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawing, the shafts be- 25 ing inserted and secured to the brackets and arms by means of the pins Ia after said adjustment has been completed.

In automobiles having vertically extendingv windshields, suicient space is not obtainable to 30 adjust the device in an upwardly and inwardly inclined plane as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 4. Therefore, in the modified form illustrated in Figures 6 to 8 inclusive the shafts 30 are of a tetrahedral configuration for engagement 35 within similar shaped openings formed in the arms 3| and brackets 32. This construction permits of the device to be raised and maintained in a horizontal position.

As illustrated in Figure 9 the frame I3 is pro- 40 vided with a lower demountable rail 23 secured to the side rails by means of a screw 24. Should it be desired to replace the panel I4, which may be constructed of glass, the lower rail 23 may be detached from the frame and the panel withdrawn therefrom, another inserted and the rail resecured tothe frame.

What I claim is:

A device of the character described, comprising, in combination, a windshield, spaced brackets secured to said windshield and fashioned with angular shaped openings, depending Aarms having upper end sections fashioned with angular shaped openings for registry with said rst mentioned openings and said arms fashioned ings for securing said arms in selected positions whereby to maintain said frame and material .above and Within the line of vision respectively, pins detachably secured through said shafts for maintaining said shafts in connected relation with said arms and brackets, and chains connecting said pins to said arms for maintaining said pins in proximity to the respective arms upon withdrawal oi said shafts from said brackets whereby to effect a quick adjustment of said arms lo relative to said brackets.

SAMUEL ITZIGSON.

acting with said first and second mentioned open-A 

